Ball-bearing.



F. HENZELMANN.

BALL BEARING.

AYPLIOA'IION FILED 00T. Z3, 190B.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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Arm/Mfr "o TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRITZ HENZELMANN, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BALL-Beaune.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed October 23, 1903. Serial. No. 459,161'.

To all whom it may concer/IL.' y

- Be it known that I, Fnirz HENZELMANN, a subject ofthe Emperor-of Germany, and residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, yhave invented a new and useful Improvement in Ball-Bearings,

`the best results Vfrom the bearing it is necessary that the friction between the bearing balls and the carrier be reduced to a minimum. l i

The objectof lthis invention -is to pro` i vide a ball bearing of that class in which the. bearing balls are supported in a carrier or housing so constructed that the bearing as a whole may be removed from the place' where it is employed or be inserted therein without the inconvenience of handling'the individual balls.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a ball bearlng in which the friction between the bearing balls and their carrier is reduced ,to a minimum so that the balls' are free to move under the influence of the surfaceswhich they separate.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a very cheap and simple construe tion adapted to prevent the accumulation of dirt therein should any iind accessthereto .while in use.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter described .in the speciiication and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

.lathe drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. Z is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. i.

is shown in said drawings: A'indicates the carrier a whole which comprises two pla-tes a and a lying in parallel, planes and which are held in proper relation to each.

ika by means of a plurality of sleeves as L .tu -n the plates and against the ends of said plates rest, and a plurality of studs c3, one of which extends through each -.balls B.

sleeve and lthrough eachv plate and has Vits ends 'riveted down to hold the Vplates in place. Of course if preferred' said studs may be screwed or otherwise secured in the plates to permit their removal. Said plates may be of any preferred form dependent upon the place where the bearing is to be emplayed, butas shown herein they are annular* i and adapted'to be placed upon a shaft or axle. In each plate there are a plurality of registering apertures. orl seats a4 which are of larger circumference on the inner faces of the plates than on the outer faces thereof, as shown more clearly in `Fig. 2, so as to provideseats for the bearing balls B'which lie between said plates and project through said apertures beyond the plates -a 'sufhcient distance to hold the. surfbes for which they' afford a bearing out of contact with the plates. l i

Intermediate the bearing seats a4 in each plate are bearing seats a slmilar to the seats a4 butof much less diameter, and seatedin each seat a of each plate is a spacing ball'Cy of suiicient size to contact with each-of the .adjacent bearing balls,' but which does not protrude through the plate as far as the In operation the carrier with' the bearing and spacin faces or parts for which it is desired to proballs assembled therein as before descri ed is placed between the sur-k vide an anti-friction bearing. The bearing halls B project suiliciently beyond the plates a-a .to receive said surfaces or parts thereon and to prevent the spacing balls C from coming in contact therewith. Inasmuclras the spacing balls contact with the bearing balls and are located' in the line of travel of said bearing balls it is evident that they will take the wear that would ordinarily vfall upon the seats al and thereby greatly reduce the friction between the bearing balls and the plates a-a..'. Obviously a bearing constructed lin accordance with my invention is ada ted to greatly reduce the internal friction of) manlyl details ofform and construction may be varied without departing from the princi ples of my invention.

vI claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described the combination withV a carrierv having op-v positely disposed bearing seats therein, b earmg balls engagedin said seats, and projectingthrough the sides of the carrier, and

the bearing, and obviously also spacing balls supported in each side of said carrier intermediate said seats.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a carrier `havin a plurality of oppositely disposed bearing seats therein, of bearing balls in said seats and projecting through the sides of the carrier, anda pair of spacing balls supported in said carrier between each two adjacent bearing balls.

3. ln a device of the class described the vcombination with a pair of plates having registering bearing seats therein, 'of means ladapted to secure said plates together, a plurality of bearing balls intermediate said ,plates'and seated in said seats, and a paii` of spacing balls intermediate each two adjacent bearing ballskand adapted to take the thrust thereof. y 1

4. In a device of the class' described the combination with a pair of plates, each having a plurality of bearing seats therein, means adapted to hold said plates in parallel relationa distanceapart, a plurality of bearing balls engaged in said seats and projecting through said plates, and a Spacing ball, in each plate between each two ad]acent bearing balls.

5, In a device of the class described the combination with a pair of annular plates having oppositely disposed bearin seats therein, bearing. balls engaged in sai seats, means adapted to secure said lates to said balls, and a plurality of spacing balls earried in each plate and each adapted to contact with two of said bearing balls and res duce the friction between the same and said plates.

G. In a device of the class described the combination with a pair of annular plates having bearing seats therethrough, arranged equal distances apart and at equal distances from theaxes of the plates,'means adapted toengage said plates together, bearing balls between said plates and seated-in said seats, and a plurality of spacing balls in each plate supported in the line of travel of said bear 'ing balls and adapted to reduce the friction between the balls and lates. y

In testimony whereo I have hereunto subscribed lny name 1n the presenceof two witnesses. FRITZ HENZELMANN.

Witnesses:

Roar. KLo'rz, -Jon MILLER. 

